This week on African News Review, Adesoji Iginla is joined by Comrade Milton Allimadi and Aya Fubara Eneli Esq. as they reframe four major stories on Africa in the Western Media. Where we go beyond the headlines

🔴 Pope Leo XIV in Angola — Why is the first American pope's historic African tour being covered primarily as a Trump PR crisis? We unpack what the Muxima shrine really represents, the colonial history of Catholicism in Angola, and Leo's unspoken ancestral connection to slavery.

⚖️ Julius Malema sentenced to five years — The EFF leader's gun conviction was brought by AfriForum, a lobby group rooted in apartheid-era Afrikaner nationalism, and amplified at the White House by Donald Trump. Is this the rule of law — or the continuation of apartheid by legal means?

🌍 Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of Congo — The US wants to send 1,100 Afghan military allies — including 400 children — to one of the world's worst active war zones. We expose the critical minerals deal behind this decision and ask: why does Africa keep being treated as a dumping ground?

🧬 UK soldiers' secret children in Kenya — A landmark DNA investigation has confirmed 12 cases of children fathered and abandoned by British soldiers near BATUK in Nanyuki. But behind the paternity cases lies a 60-year record of murder, environmental destruction, and legal impunity that the BBC barely touched.

Takeaways

*US political security incident involving a gunman at a high-profile event
*Accountability of British soldiers in Kenya with DNA-confirmed paternity cases
*Colonial history's influence on current African conflicts and social issues
*South Africa's political landscape and Malema's jail sentence
*Pope Francis' visit to Angola and the media's focus on Trump
*Historical resistance leaders Queen Nzinga and Kimpa Vita
*Western media's portrayal of Africa and the influence of colonial narratives
*The ongoing struggle for justice, sovereignty, and accountability in Africa

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to African News Review
01:55 Incident at the Correspondence Dinner
09:32 UK Political Turmoil and Accountability
12:22 British Soldiers and Kenyan Children
23:01 Pope Leo's Visit to Africa and Historical Context
30:27 The Catholic Church's Role in Africa
32:57 Accountability and the Church's Impact
37:13 U.S. Refugee Policy and Africa's Burden
42:45 Historical Patterns of Displacement
47:18 Political Consequences of Leadership in South Africa

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